I wanted to let you know what the town I grew up in did (Dickinson, N.D.) when they needed a pool and the one at the college wasn’t good enough.

The community did several fundraisers over several years. Around the Fourth of July they had what was called the duck race. People paid for raffle tickets with the numbers of the ducks on them, then on the Fourth they would dump them all in the river, and the first one over the finish line won a new vehicle donated by a local dealer, plus other prizes. They now have one of the nicest community centers which includes several pools, weight workout areas, tennis courts, basketball courts, meeting rooms and more.

I feel this area needs something more for the people to enjoy, someplace they can go to work out, go for a swim even in the winter time. It would give kids in the area something to do besides get into trouble. They still do fundraising, so when they need to add on to the center they have funds available. They also have an indoor hockey rink. It stated in the report they were looking to other cities to see what they did. I do believe this one would be one to check out.

Linda Baugh

Russellville

A call to PETA members and others

The horrible and deplorable treatment of that poor cat in last week’s Courier accounting tells me we do have many good people who want to stand up when they see or hear of such ungodly actions. Putting up $5,000 for the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible is admirable, but I wonder how many of these people would donate to other causes where the act is even more horrible. I once knew a person who bragged about how many animals they had rescued, but when they would hear about a baby murdered in the womb or out, they would shrink from the responsibility of correcting this plague of our nation.

More than 50 million known (some states don’t even record) abortions have been performed since Roe v. Wade. Even the Nazis recorded their atrocities. Have we become a nation of lesser character than Nazi Germany?

Thanks to Choices Pregnancy Resource Clinic, 967-2255, P.O. Box 394, 311 East Third St., Russellville, AR, there is a place that promotes informing women of all ages of the resources available for the choices they might make concerning their unplanned pregnancy. Don’t we as a nation need to outlaw Roe v. Wade?

Letsy Goza

Russellville

Remember Daniel Pearl

Speak up America. Let’s celebrate the truth and those who tell it. Today is the 10-year anniversary of the murder by beheading of Daniel Pearl, a truth teller. He was murdered by men who were illiterate and unable to write their own names, but who could recite from memory entire chapters of their special book; in short, his murderers were immune to the truth because they were ignorant pawns kept ignorant by despots. His biographers, Bernard Henri-Levy and Marianne Pearl, suggest in their books about Danny that he was murdered because he was about to report (through the Wall Street Journal, his employer for many years) that UBL was living in Abbottabad, Pakistan. It was in 2003 when their books were published. Read about Danny Pearl, celebrate his life, then speak up America.